Employment Opportunities

The College of Engineering and Applied
Sciences is one of nine schools and colleges within the University at Albany
SUNY (UAlbany). Currently, UAlbany is making a major investment
in building engineering degree programs, and the College of
Engineering and Applied Sciences is in an exciting period of rapid expansion. The college is also the home of the recently established Institute for Advanced Data Analytics.

Strategically located in the state capital of New York, UAlbany is an internationally recognized public research institution that brings “The World Within Reach” to more than 17,300 students at the graduate and undergraduate levels. UAlbany is close to the metropolitan centers of New York City, Boston, and Montreal as well as centrally located between the Catskills and the Adirondacks; the region provides abundant opportunities for outdoor recreation.

The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences is in an exciting period of rapid
expansion as the new Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering recently joined our Departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
This is just the beginning, as programs in several other engineering disciplines
are currently in development. The College has also launched a dual degree program in Computer Science with Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China. Please read more about current faculty employment opportunities in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in the Institute for Advanced Data Analytics below. In addition to these faculty positions, the Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering has openings forpostdoctoral researchers.

Positions available

Computer Science, Professor and Chair

Beginning January 2018. The successful candidate will have an established record of scholarship with demonstrated potential to influence the growth and development of computer science programs at the University at Albany.

Computer Science, Professor of Practice and Lecturer Positions

Beginning Fall 2018. The Computer Science Department at the University at Albany, SUNY is seeking full-time Professors of Practice and Lecturers. Positions are three-year, renewable, 10 month appointments.

The Computer Science Department at University at Albany offers bachelors and masters degrees, a combined BS/MS, a computer science minor, and a doctoral program that prepares students for research careers as a creative scholar or industrial scientist. Professors of Practice and Lecturers are integral to the Department’s teaching mission, which now includes a dual degree program just launched in Computer Science with Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications in the beautiful Yangtze River Valley of China. Successful applicants will teach in the program core both at UAlbany and, every second or third semester, at Chongqing – with additional compensation and all expenses covered.

Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher

Beginning Spring 2018. The Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at University at Albany, SUNY seeks to recruit multiple Postdocs to work in the broad field of environmental and energy sustainability.

The candidates must have a PhD in Environmental Engineering, Biological Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline, from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization. The successful applicants are expected to have rich experience in fundamental and applied research related to using biochemical, bioelectrochemical, and thermochemical processes to address environmental and energy sustainability.

Questions regarding the position may be addressed to Dr. Yanna Lang at yliang3@albany.edu.

Founding Director: The Institute for Advanced Data Analytics

Beginning Fall 2017. The Director will be responsible for leveraging the University’s deep assets in advanced data analytics into a nationally and internationally recognized Institute. The successful candidate will have an international reputation as both a data scientist and a leader in building novel multi-institutional, multidisciplinary, funded research collaborations, will be able to demonstrate strong visionary and inspirational leadership skills, will be an effective and creative communicator able to convey the Institute’s mission to multiple diverse audiences, and will have demonstrated success in fundraising and/or entrepreneurial revenue generation. The position will include a faculty appointment in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, possibly joint with another discipline closely related to the scientific mission of the Institute. The successful candidate will have a track record commensurate with the academic rank of full Professor in his or her primary field.

Required qualifications for the Director of the Institute of Advanced Data Analytics are; a doctoral degree in computer science, engineering, or another discipline closely related to the core scientific mission of the Institute; demonstrated history of creating and organizing interdisciplinary teams with a computational component; advanced oral and written communication skills to reach diverse audiences; successful experience in connecting and engaging government agencies in large funding opportunities including fundraising and other entrepreneurial revenue generation; evidence of scholarly accomplishments such as refereed publications, technical reports, books and grantsmanship appropriate for appointment at the rank of full Professor at a research-intensive university.
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